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Sweet Grass Creek

Coordinates: 45°47′10″N 109°47′23″W / 45.78611°N 109.78972°W / 45.78611; -109.78972
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Sweet Grass Creek
Location
CountryPark and Sweet Grass County, Montana
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates46°05′52″N 110°20′04″W / 46.09778°N 110.33444°W / 46.09778; -110.33444[1]
 • elevation3,904 feet (1,190 m)[1]
Mouth 
 • coordinates
45°47′10″N 109°47′23″W / 45.78611°N 109.78972°W / 45.78611; -109.78972[1]
Basin features
River systemYellowstone River

Sweet Grass Creek is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in south central Montana in the United States.

It rises in the Gallatin National Forest, in the Crazy Mountains in eastern Park County. It flows northeast, into Sweet Grass County, then southeast, past Melville, and south, joining the Yellowstone 2 mi (3 km) northwest of Greycliff.

Variant names

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Sweet Grass Creek has also been known as: Otter River.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sweet Grass Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.